Monday, August 29, 2011

From 1999: Catholic newspaper stops taking ads that thank saints

The goofiness of many religious practices -- and the hypocrisy of religious institutions and their members -- has been a frequent theme here. This Cincinnati Post story from March 10, 1999 says the ads would typically give thanks to a particular saint for answering a prayer, duplicate the prayer and encourage people to use the same prayer - often with the inducement "never been known to fail."

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Mom's mother was a "lapsed Catholic" but used to get the local church newspaper all the time. I saw those ads and thought it was silly to put an ad in the paper thanking someone dead for centuries for granting someone's wish.